Following a series of four unique roadshows, numerous impactful meetups, and several pitch competitions, MedTech World is pleased to announce the official launch of this year’s MedTech Malta, its flagship event taking place this November, from 6-8 November at the…
Wearable tech, AI and clinical teams join to change the face of trial monitoring
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers has developed a way to monitor the progression of movement disorders using motion capture technology and AI. In two ground-breaking studies, published in Nature Medicine, a cross-disciplinary team of AI and clinical researchers have shown that by…
Being the change in global healthcare
The global health IT and medical technology conference held by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a key date in the calendar of any healthcare professional. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the pressures faced by healthcare organisations…
Israeli stroke therapy tech startup raises $40m funding round
Israeli stroke therapy technology startup, BrainQ, has announced a $40m funding round led by Hanaco Ventures, along with Dexcel Pharma, and Peregrine Ventures, bringing the total raised by the company to over $50m, adding to support already secured from existing investors OurCrowd, Norma, Sailing…
Olive adopts AWS to create the Internet of Healthcare
Olive, the automation company creating the Internet of Healthcare, has announced a strategic relationship today with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage cloud computing to make healthcare more efficient and affordable for patients and organisations. Running on AWS, Olive’s workflow…
Cyber security reality in hospitals not aligned with perception
CyberMDX, a cyber security provider dedicated to protecting IoT and medical devices for health delivery worldwide, has announced the release of the Perspectives in Healthcare Security Report. The report, done in collaboration with Philips, examines attitudes, concerns, and impacts on medical…
Using IoT to keep medical factories running during the COVID-19 pandemic
Olympus Corporation, Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products with headquarters in Tokyo, has deployed in its Japanese factories the ‘Tracking Solution for Infectious Diseases (COVID-19)’ provided by Macnica Networks, a global network, security and cloud solutions provider with headquarters in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture,…
Smart mattress cover for real time patient monitoring in hospitals
InnovationLab has demonstrated a smart mattress cover that may reduce by up to 88% the risk of developing decubitus ulcers, the potentially life-threatening pressure ulcers that affect up to 2.5 million hospital patients in the US annually. Combining InnovationLab’s flexible…